ALBANY, N.Y. (WABI) – The Maine Black Bears enter their bye week with a 3-2 record after their 34-20 win over the Albany Great Danes on Saturday.

Maine entered the second half trailing 14-10, but the Black Bears showed incredible resilience, outscoring Albany 24-6 the remainder of the game.

Maine’s Carter Peevy threw 20/24 for 193 yards and two touchdowns, both to Cooper Heisey.

The Black Bears’ offense was also boosted by an 83-yard, one-touchdown rushing performance from Jaharie Martin.

This offensive performance was complemented by Maine’s “Black Hole” defense.

Maine forced four turnovers and held the Great Dane offense to just 260 yards.

Saturday’s win gave Maine its first conference win of the season.

Their road trip continues on October 12th when they face the University of Delaware.

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NEW YORK – Adrien Brody is back with the best performance of his career.

Twenty-two years after his Oscar-winning role in The Pianist, the 51-year-old actor could well receive a second gold statue for his outstanding work in The Brutalist, which screened Saturday at the New York Film Festival. The haunting historical epic runs 3½ hours (with a 15-minute intermission) and is about a Hungarian-Jewish architect named László Tóth (Brody) who flees to America after World War II and ends up in rural Pennsylvania. He struggles to find a job worthy of his unique talent until he meets a wealthy tycoon (Guy Pearce) who hires him to design and build a lavish community center.

The film is a stunning excavation of America’s dark heart, showing how people embrace the creativity and culture of immigrants but rarely love them in return. Speaking to reporters after an early morning screening, Brody spoke of his “personal connection” to the material: His mother, photographer Sylvia Plachy, is also a Hungarian immigrant.

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“My grandparents’ journey was not unlike this one,” Brody explained. As a girl, Plachy and her family fled Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution and took refuge in Austria before moving to New York in 1958. Like László, her parents in Hungary had “wonderful jobs and a beautiful home” but were just “getting started.” fresh and essentially impoverished” when they arrived in the United States

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Welcome my friends to the spookiest time of the year. No, not Halloween! Something far more sinister and threatening. Like an ever-watchful darkness looming over your shoulder, waiting. Be patient until it hits you one day! That’s right! It’s the scariest thing ever! The rush of fall game releases. I’m Andrew Hamilton and it’s time to gather around the campfire as I tell you a story about hills that make no noise and omnidirectional diving action heroes in the October issue of The Download.

Silent Hill 2:

Before there were a million horror games a year, gamers only had a few solid options to choose from. Resident Evil and Silent Hill were the two best, but while Resident Evil found a new undead life, Silent Hill essentially disappeared from the face of the earth for about nine years. Now, 23 years after the original, players can finally return to the world of Silent Hill…2. The Bloober development team is taking on the daunting task of redesigning and modernizing one of gaming’s very first cult classics. Just like the original game, players follow widower James Sunderland as he returns to the eponymous town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his late wife Mary, who claims to be waiting for him there. Uncover the truth with updated gameplay mechanics, new twists on combat, and a beautifully remastered soundtrack. Step into the fog when Silent Hill 2 Remake launches on October 2nd for PlayStation 5 and PC.

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero:

Speaking of nostalgia: Our next title is a journey into the past. Dragon Ball Sparking Zero is a reboot of the Budakai series of Dragon Ball games that dominated children’s consoles in the early 2000s. With faithful anime action featuring beam battles, transformations and signature kinetic, high-impact martial arts, Sparking Zero aims to reclaim its throne as the best arena fighter on the market. They haven’t skimped on the list either, as Sparking Zero features more than 180 characters to play as, from Dragon Ball Z to Super to the movies. Packed with content, Sparking Zero is shaping up to be one of the best fighting games of the year. Push your powers even further beyond your limits when Dragon Ball Sparking Zero launches on October 11th for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Neva:

Now that we’ve managed to nail down the nostalgic touches, we can explore these heartstrings with Neva, an emotionally charged action-adventure. After a traumatizing encounter with dark forces, our heroine Alba is tied to a small wolf cub. Now the two of them have to venture forward together and master increasingly dangerous situations. As you grow, the young wolf alongside Alba also matures. Help the pair survive in a decaying world when Neva launches October 15 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, Nintendo Switch and PC.

Call of Duty Black Ops 6:

War…war never changes…it just learns to take new directions. Black Ops is back and there’s more Black Ops than ever before, as the game’s campaign will see two rogue agents attempting to assemble a team of ragtag agents to combat Pantheon, a top-secret enemy who has infiltrated the CIA and branded everyone, who does not fall in line a traitor. In multiplayer, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has completely redefined its movement system with omnidirectional controls, allowing you to shoot, sprint and dive in any direction you want. This, along with a new mechanic that allows a player to serve as a temporary meat shield, will shake up your late-night games. And of course, since this is a Black Ops game, that means the cooperative Zombies mode will also return. Dive through a window with two controllers when Call of Duty Black Ops 6 launches October 25 on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One and PC.

Dragon Age The Veil Guardian:

Rounding out our cacophony of legacy gaming franchises is Dragon Age Veilguard. After 10 years, BioWare is finally ready to take us into our next fantasy epic. Set 10 years after the events of Dragon Age Inquisition, Veilguard sees two unruly gods hell-bent on destroying the world and ravaging the lands. Now you must rise as Rook, your custom character, to unite the Shroud Guard and defy these ancient gods. Dragon Age fans will enjoy returning characters and old and new locations, but perhaps most importantly, there is an incredibly deep character creator. Defy the Elder Gods and rise up when Dragon Age The Veilguard launches on October 31st for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X and PC.

Well, I hope this never-ending flood of games didn’t scare you too much, because it’s just a selection of the many, many exciting titles coming out this month. As always, you can check out our full list at KWTX.com and be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube so you don’t miss a single review or segment. Until the next full moon, I’m rooting for Hardwired Andrew Hamilton.

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Barbara Nolan, an Anishnaabe elder whose mission is to promote her country’s language, says she loves hearing stories about how her work impacts children.

Nolan launched a series of online videos last month to introduce the language, called Anishinaabemowin, to the very youngest members of the community.

“I know this grandparent, she sends me a picture of her grandchildren sitting on the floor watching a big-screen TV,” Nolan said in a recent interview from Garden River First Nation, east of Sault Ste. Mary, Ont. “And guess who’s on the big screen TV? It’s me!”

In her videos, Nolan uses immersion techniques – instead of teaching the language, she encourages people to live it. Their content covers a wide range of topics from Halloween to animals to dorm plagues and is presented in a way that children can understand.

Nolan, 77, is an elder born in the Wiikwemkoong First Nation and a boarder survivor. Growing up, she said, she heard her parents speak only Anishinaabemowin.

“I didn’t hear my father or mother speak English,” she said. “And so we grew up with all this language – grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, you know, the whole community.”

Nolan says that many residential school survivors were deprived of their language, a dispossession that she actively resisted but that left an indelible mark on others.

“I would say they don’t want to say it – even today,” Nolan said. “They know it, but they don’t want to talk about it. It’s too painful for her. They believe that someone will come and do something bad to them…You will be punished if you speak your language.”

Trying to counteract this trend, Nolan has been working to revive and popularize the language since the early 1970s. She works as a language teacher at a daycare center in Garden River, playing with Anishinaabemowin children and introducing them to basic words. When the children she cares for first begin to speak, they sometimes use Anishnaab words in addition to English.

But these children, she said, are not immersed in the language; If they are not with her, they do not speak it – or hear it. “And I thought it was time for me to make videos in the language, funny videos, animated videos.”

So she teamed up with Esbikenh, a third-grade Anishinaabe teacher from Walpole Island First Nation who creates digital characters. Together they created online videos that were featured on TikTok and other social media; She even helped develop an application that teaches Anishinaabemowin.

Randy Morin, a professor of indigenous studies at the University of Saskatchewan, says there are about 63 indigenous languages ​​spoken in Canada and that in the long term there will likely only be three. “As you know, our populations are aging and they are the ones who still speak languages, and unfortunately we are losing their languages ​​very quickly,” Morin said in an interview.

According to Morin, a main reason for the loss of language is the federal government’s policies, including the residential school system. “But now it’s our aging population, our elders are dying so quickly and when they die we lose so much: we lose the language, we lose the values, our worldview, how to see the world and interact with the world.”

Indigenous languages, he said, should be made official languages ​​in Canada so they could receive funding proportional to the money invested in English and French programs across the country. “We lose our stories and somehow the meaning of such meaningful words, so we have to hold on to these languages ​​for a variety of reasons,” Morin said.

He added that indigenous languages ​​could offer answers to pressing modern questions. The world’s last biodiverse areas are owned and managed by indigenous peoples, he said, whose languages ​​are encoded with the techniques used to manage the territory. If these languages ​​are lost, the world could lose important knowledge about climate change and sustainable development.

Knowledge is “anchored in languages ​​and in the way we look at the world and how we interact with the world. So we have a lot to lose.”

Nolan tries to leave some of that knowledge behind. The first 10 videos were published online in August, with more to come. She wants to keep going as long as possible – and leave something behind that can stand the test of time.

Locals in Garden River have told her how much they like the effort.

“They’ll stop me on the street and say, ‘Barbara, my little granddaughter, she likes your video. She just loves you, you know,’ and that’s so rewarding for me to hear,” Nolan said.

“It’s for the kids. I did this for the children.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 27, 2024.

Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press

In a fiery and tortuous speech in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, former President Donald Trump vowed to “liberate” the state from what he described as an extreme influx of migrants, reiterating his tough stance on immigration while The 2024 presidential election campaign is coming to a head.

As Trump addressed a crowd at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center on Saturday, he took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris, blaming her for what he said was a crisis at the southern border. “I will free Wisconsin from the mass migrant invasion,” Trump declared, adding, “We will free the country.”

The former president’s comments came just a day after Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border, where she announced plans to further restrict asylum applications. Trump criticized Harris’ border visit and Fox News for broadcasting her comments, claiming: “Everything she says is lies.”

Newsweek contacted both the Harris and Trump campaigns via email seeking comment on Saturday’s events.

Immigration remains a hot-button issue in Wisconsin and other swing states, and the former president is hoping to capitalize on voter frustration. Trump reiterated his controversial stance after previously calling illegal border crossers “poisoning the blood of the country.” He also promised to launch the “largest deportation operation in American history” if re-elected.

The event featured mugshots of people who were in the U.S. illegally and accused of crimes, including Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate. Local police chief Kyle Teynor addressed the crowd and confirmed that Zarate, who was arrested on multiple charges including sexual assault, was not a U.S. citizen and had fake immigration documents.

Current polls show a close race in Wisconsin. According to the latest findings New York Times/Siena College Poll: Harris leads Trump by a slim 49 percent to 47 percent among likely voters in the state.

The timesThe /Siena poll, conducted Sept. 21-26, surveyed 680 likely voters and has a margin of error of about 4 percentage points. FiveThirtyEight polling averages for Wisconsin show Harris maintaining a narrow 2.1-point lead over Trump (48.8 percent to 46.7 percent).

A recent poll from Redfield and Wilton Strategies shows that 47 percent of respondents trust Trump on immigration, compared to 36 percent who trust Harris. That gap has narrowed in recent weeks, coinciding with a sharp decline in border crossings as a result of President Joe Biden’s executive order restricting asylum applications.

Harris’ tougher stance on border security reflects Democrats’ efforts to close the gap and changing public attitudes toward immigration. Gallup reports that 55 percent of voters — including nearly 30 percent of Democrats — support new immigration restrictions, the highest level recorded since 2001.

The contrasting approaches to immigration policy between Harris and Trump reflect broader ideological differences between the Democratic and Republican platforms. The Republican Party is making immigration a top priority, promising to secure the border and end what they call an “invasion.” In contrast, the Democratic platform emphasizes reforming the asylum system and balancing enforcement with humanitarian considerations.

Trump’s border policies during his presidency have focused on reducing unauthorized immigration, including partially building a border wall, expanding enforcement and imposing stricter asylum rules. His controversial “zero tolerance” policy, which led to family separations at the southern border, was widely criticized and eventually abandoned.

Harris supports comprehensive immigration reform, prioritizing humanitarian protections and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including “Dreamers.” She advocates modernizing legal immigration systems and portraying immigration as a benefit to the American economy and society.

Trump and other Republicans accused Harris of failing to implement these policies as vice president, blamed her for the increase in illegal border crossings and called her Biden’s “border czar.”

During the ABC News presidential debate, Trump made baseless claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, which were debunked. He has also promised mass deportations of migrants, a plan that has drawn skepticism from Democrats and some Republicans because of logistical challenges.

As the Colorado Buffaloes prepared for Saturday’s game against the UCF Knights, the team was probably still riding high from its thrilling overtime win over Baylor last week.

UCF also had a thrilling comeback win in its conference opener, as the Knights erased a 21-point deficit en route to a 35-34 win over TCU.

Saturday’s game also marked a homecoming for Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, a native of Fort Meyers, Fla., who played at Florida State.

A dominant 48-21 win over UCF improved Colorado’s record to 4-1. The Buffaloes begin their bye week with a three-game winning streak.

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The fourth win of the 2024 season also matches Colorado’s win total in 2023, Sanders’ first year at the helm.

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Travis Hunter, Colorado’s two-way star, struck a Heisman pose after catching an impressive diving shot.

Hunter finished the day with nine receptions and scored a touchdown on a 23-yard reception.

Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Travis Hunter scores a touchdown against the UCF Knights in the first quarter at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida, September 28, 2024. (Mike Watters/Imagn Images)

On the ground, the Buffaloes ran for 128 yards, and running back Isaiah Augustave led the way with 39 yards. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders had another good day with 290 passing yards and three touchdowns.

Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders lines up against the UCF Knights in the first quarter at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida, September 28, 2024. (Mike Watters/Imagn Images)

Colorado’s improved defense also held up and slowed the offense, which came into the game averaging a national-leading 375.7 yards per game. The Buffaloes forced four turnovers – they intercepted KJ Jefferson twice, once in the end zone – and also denied UCF points on a drive that stalled inside the Colorado 1.

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Earlier this week, Deion Sanders was asked where his team stood after four games.

“You will never live up to my expectations,” said the two-time Super Bowl champion. “You can’t achieve that because I have big, big dreams and big ambitions for each and every one of these kids on the field and off the field.”

Sanders and the Buffaloes left Colorado on Wednesday to anticipate the arrival of Helene, a storm that wreaked havoc across the southeastern United States

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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